DEVS 492 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Zapatismo, Mexican Revolution, Maoism
24 Nov 2016
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Rasied an army, fought alongside caudillos (white folks) to oust porfirio diaz in 1910. Directly inspired by european anarchism as well as indigenous traditional governance. Probably one of the first indigenous anarchists. Didn(cid:495)t agree to stand down when these new bosses took over continued to fight for (cid:494)land and. Freedom(cid:495) for indigenous peoples for (cid:883)(cid:882) more years. Gunned down while arriving at some (cid:494)peace talks(cid:495) Better to die on your feet than live on your knees legacy that zapatista is trying to perpetuate. Marcos and 3-10 others arrived in chiapas in approx 1984. Hope to turn the maya into maoists. Worked the other way: the maoists were converted into mayans. They invite people before it was wide open. They see themselves as part of a global community. Caracol level council of good governance (juntas) Zapatista communities and ezln informed by indigenous social organization. Capitalism as colonialism resistance to this bi (cid:494)revitalizing(cid:495) their indigenous worldviews.
